Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:30:37 -0400
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At 12:35 09/19/2003 Friday, Dave Simon wrote:
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>Sure, one can try to get AOL to change. However, we chose to deal with the
>problem differently when it became apparent that many of our AOL
>subscribers were not getting our messages. We contacted LSoft and they
>stated that they knew of the problems. The suggested that we add a
>"Mail-Via= Direct" to our lists (all 800!) to bypass use of the LISTSERV
>backbone (an obsolete architecture?) which would reduce the likelihood of
>AOL considering our messages spam. LSoft also suggested setting up a
>specific SMTP route in LSMTP for AOL with relatively low number of
>recipients and connections. These actions solved our problems. However,
>we were disappointed that LSoft did not proactively mention the problem and
>its solution to its customers.
I don't consider the LISTSERV Distribute Backbone an obsolete
architecture (and it was unclear to me what that had to do with this
particular problem), nor do I consider Mal-Via= Direct as a solution, but
a by-pass of a design flaw in AOL blocking strategies.
Pete
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